{"product_id":"decentering-relational-theory-a-comparative-critique-9781138080188","title":"Decentering Relational Theory: A Comparative Critique","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Lewis Aron\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Psychotherapy - Psychoanalysis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDecentering Relational Theory: A Comparative Critique \u003c\/em\u003einvites relational theorists to contemplate the influence, overlaps, and relationship between relational theory and other perspectives. Self-critique was the focus of \u003cem\u003eDe-Idealizing Relational Theory\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eDecentering Relational Theory \u003c\/em\u003epushes critique in a different direction by explicitly engaging the questions of theoretical and clinical overlap - and lack thereof - with writers from other psychoanalytic orientations. In part, this comparison involves critique, but in part, it does not. It addresses issues of influence, both bidirectional and unidimensional. Our authors took up this challenge in different ways. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike our authors in \u003cem\u003eDe-Idealizing\u003c\/em\u003e, writers who contributed to \u003cem\u003eDecentering \u003c\/em\u003ewere asked to move beyond their own perspective without stereotyping alternate perspectives. Instead, they seek to expand our understanding of the convergences and divergences between different relational perspectives and those of other theories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether to locate relational thought in a broader theoretical envelope, make links to other theories, address critiques leveled at us, or push relational thinking forward, our contributors thought outside the box. The kinds of comparisons they were asked to make were challenging. We are grateful to them for having taken up this challenge. \u003cem\u003eDecentering Relational Theory: A Comparative Critique \u003c\/em\u003ewill appeal to psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists across the theoretical spectrum.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45238968156311,"sku":"9781138080188","price":11312.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138080188.webp?v=1769221285","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/decentering-relational-theory-a-comparative-critique-9781138080188","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}